Arizona
Smart Support is Arizona's statewide infant and early childhood mental health consultation program. Southwest Human Development has run it since 2010. It offers every level of consultation: individual, classroom, home visiting, and programmatic.
- Lead organization
Southwest Human Development
Smart Support website(opens in a new tab)- Program contact
- Leah Eckley, Assistant Director, Southwest Human Development
- Eligibility
- Licensed childcare centers and family childcare homes (subsidized or not)
- Home visiting programs
- Some Family, Friend, and Neighbor programs
- Geographic reach
Smart Support reaches all major regions of Arizona. Some rural and tribal regions have fewer consultants because of staffing challenges. Navajo Nation has dedicated consultants.
- How to request consultation
- Programs can contact Smart Support directly.
- QRIS quality coaches refer programs to mental health consultation.
- A designated waitlist consultant gives phone and Zoom support to programs waiting for full services.
- Funding
Tobacco tax dollars and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
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